JP7308395B2 - METHOD OF OPERATION OF MEDICINE DISPENSER - Google Patents

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TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a medicine dispensing device for dispensing powdered medicine one dose at a time, and a medicine dispensing method.

In recent years, large hospitals and large-scale pharmacies have introduced a powdered medicine packaging device and a medicine dispensing device having a powdered medicine packaging function. Here, the powdered drug packaging device is a device that individually packages powdered drugs or the like for each dose. By using the powdered medicine packaging device, it is possible to automate most of the work of packaging the powdered medicine or the like into individual doses.
A powdered medicine dispensing device 200 disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a device for individually packaging powdered medicines for each dose, and as shown in FIG. and a device 203 .
A medicine supply device 201 disclosed in Patent Document 1 is composed of an input hopper 205 and a powder feeder 206 as shown in FIGS. 25 and 26 .
As shown in FIG. 26, the powder feeder 206 is provided with two piezoelectric elements 207 and 208 under the trough 210 to vibrate the trough 210 .

The powder medicine distribution device 202 is composed of a distribution dish 212 and a scraping device 215 as shown in FIG. The distribution plate 212 has a groove 216 that has an arcuate cross section and is annular in plan view. Distribution plate 212 is rotated at a constant speed by motor 219 .
The scraping device 215 has a disk 217 that moves up and down and rotates, and a scraping plate 218 is provided on the disk 217 .

The drug packaging device 203 is composed of a packaging hopper 220 and a packaging device 221 as shown in FIG.

Next, a procedure for packaging a powdered medicine using the powdered medicine packaging device 200 will be described.
The task of packaging the powdered medicine is performed by a user such as a pharmacist (hereinafter simply referred to as a pharmacist) operating the powdered medicine packaging device 200 according to the doctor's prescription. That is, the pharmacist confirms the doctor's prescription and takes out a medicine bottle containing the prescribed powdered medicine from the medicine cabinet (not shown). A scale, such as a scale, is then used to determine the total weight of the prescribed powdered drug.
That is, if it is a powdered drug to be taken three times a day, and 1.0 g is prescribed for each dose, and the drug for 20 days is prescribed, (1.0 x 3 x 20 = 60) grams of powdered medicine is taken out. More specifically, the container is placed on a scale and tared, the powdered drug is removed from the vial using a scoop, the powdered drug is placed in the container on the scale, and 60 grams of the powdered drug is weighed out.

60 grams of the powdered medicine thus weighed out is put into the feeding hopper 205 of the medicine feeder 201 .
At the same time, the piezoelectric elements 207 and 208 (FIG. 26) of the powder feeder 206 are energized to vibrate the trough 210, and the distribution plate 212 is rotated at about 20 to 30 revolutions per minute.
Powdered medicine charged into the charging hopper 205 falls from the opening at the lower end of the charging hopper 205 into the trough 210 of the powder feeder 206 . Vibration of the trough 210 causes the powdered medicine to slowly move toward the distal end and be rectified. In addition, while moving on the trough 210, rectification progresses and the flow of the drug becomes a laminar flow state. That is, the distribution of the drug in the cross section perpendicular to the flow is constant, and the distance traveled by the drug per unit time is also constant. As a result, 60 grams of powder is evenly distributed and slowly moves toward the tip side at a constant rate per hour.
Finally, the leading moving powdered medicine reaches the tip of the trough 210 , and the leading moving powdered medicine drops from the tip of the trough 210 into the groove 216 of the distribution plate 212 . In addition, the following powdered medicine will drop into the distribution tray 212 in a constant amount per hour. Finally, the last powdered drug falls into the dispensing tray 212 and all 60 grams of powdered drug falls within the groove 216 .

On the other hand, since the distribution plate 212 rotates at a predetermined speed, the powdered medicine falling from the trough 210 is evenly dispersed in the grooves 216 of the distribution plate 212 .
That is, the powder feeder 206 drops the powdered medicine little by little onto the distribution tray 212, and the distribution tray 212 rotates at a constant speed, so that the powdered medicine is evenly dispersed in the grooves 216 of the distribution tray 212.

When the dropping of the powdered medicine onto the distribution tray 212 is completed, the rotation of the distribution tray 212 is once stopped. After that, the disk 217 of the scraping device 215 is dropped into the groove 216 of the distribution plate 212 . Furthermore, after that, the distribution plate 212 is rotated by an angle corresponding to the number of distributions. In the previous example, 60 grams of powdered medicine is packed into 60 packets, so the distribution plate 212 is rotated by (60/360) degrees, and the powdered medicine is placed on the front side of the disk 217 by (60/360) degrees. collect. Then, the disk 217 is rotated, and the powdered medicine of (60/360) degrees is scraped out of the distribution tray 212 by the scraping plate 218 and thrown into the packaging hopper 220 . Powdered medicine dropped from the packaging hopper 220 is packaged by the packaging device 221 .

As described above, when powdered medicines are to be packaged, the pharmacist takes out a medicine bottle containing the prescribed powdered medicines and weighs the total weight of the prescribed powdered medicines using a scale such as a scale. need to do
No mistakes are allowed in this weighing operation. Therefore, the applicant of the present invention completed a system for assisting the work of weighing out the total weight of powdered medicines, and disclosed it in Patent Document 2.

The drug weighing system disclosed in Patent Document 2 is composed of a drug weighing device that weighs drugs and a powdered drug packing device that distributes and packages the drugs. The powder medicine packaging device has substantially the same configuration as that described above, and also includes an RFID reader for reading information from RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags.
The drug weighing device employed in the invention of Patent Document 2 has a bar code reader in addition to a weighing table serving as a weighing means, and stores the drug in the prescription or the drug bottle from the bar code attached to the label of the prescription or the drug bottle. You can read the type of drug that has been applied. Further, the medicine weighing device has an RFID reader/writer, and can read information from the RFID tag and write information to the RFID tag.
The drug weighing device also has a touch panel. The touch panel functions as display means and input means.
In the drug weighing system disclosed in Patent Document 2, a drug sheet is used when weighing the drug. The drug sheet functions as a tray for temporarily containing drugs, and is attached with an RFID tag.

In the drug weighing system disclosed in Patent Literature 2, information on dispensing described in a prescription is read into a control device of a drug weighing device using a barcode reader.
Then, the pharmacist puts the medicine sheet on the scale, puts the medicine on the medicine sheet, and weighs it with the medicine weighing device.
At that time, a bar code attached to a medicine bottle or the like can be read by a bar code reader to confirm that it is the prescribed drug.
Prescription information, the name of the pharmacist, the type and amount of the weighed medicine (hereinafter collectively referred to as information related to dispensing) are written to the RFID tag of the medicine sheet by the RFID reader/writer of the medicine weighing device. .

After that, the pharmacist moves the medicine sheet on which the weighed medicine is placed to the powdered medicine packaging device, and puts the medicine into the loading hopper of the powdered medicine packaging device.
Further, information on dispensing is read from the RFID tag on the drug sheet into the drug packaging device. The powdered medicine packing device packs the powdered medicine according to the information obtained from the RFID tag. Therefore, after that, the medicine put into the hopper is divided and packaged one by one by the powdered medicine packing device.

Further, Patent Document 3 discloses a powdered medicine packaging device having a function of automatically cleaning the distribution tray 212 .

JP-A-2000-85703 WO2013/154202 A1 publication JP 2007-229456 A

According to the drug weighing system disclosed in Patent Document 2, human error when weighing the drug is eliminated. Further, by using the cleaning means described in Patent Document 3 together, the distribution tray can be cleaned after the packing operation is completed.
However, even if the cleaning means described in Patent Document 3 is employed, pharmacists and the like are not freed from the task of cleaning the medicine packaging device.
That is, the drug supply device 201 employed in the conventional powdered drug packaging device 200 is composed of the charging hopper 205 and the powder feeder 206 as described above.
Then, the medicine is put into the feeding hopper 205, falls from the opening at the lower end of the feeding hopper 205 into the trough 210 of the powder feeder 206, moves on the trough 210, and falls from the tip of the trough 210 into the groove 216 of the distribution plate 212. .

As described above, when the medicine is divided and packaged, the medicine passes not only the distribution plate 212 but also the input hopper 205 and the trough 210 , and may remain in the input hopper 205 and the trough 210 . Therefore, not only the distribution tray 212 but also the input hopper 205 and the trough 210 must be cleaned to completely prevent drug contamination.
However, this work is troublesome, and improvements have been desired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to address the above-described problems of the prior art and to provide a drug dispensing device that does not require cleaning of the feeding hopper and trough.

One aspect of the present invention developed to solve the above problems is a main body device having a container shaking table, a powdered medicine dispensing device, and a container storage device , and a main body device positioned apart from the main body device for reading stored drug information. A method of operating a drug dispensing device comprising: a drug weighing device having means, prescription information reading means, and a control unit; When the stored drug read by the stored drug information reading means corresponds to any of the prescribed drugs read by the prescription information reading means, the control unit selects the prescribed drug as a target to be weighed, and the drug weighing device , the prescription drug selected as a weighing target is weighed, the weighed prescription drug is manually put into the manual drug container, the manual drug container is manually moved to the main unit , and the main unit is placed on the container shaking table. A method of operating a drug dispenser in which a manual drug container is placed and a container shaking table vibrates the manual drug container to discharge prescribed drug from the manual drug container to a powdered drug dispenser.
In a preferred embodiment, the drug dispensing device further includes a drug container temporary placement unit provided in the main device, and a robot for moving the manual drug container, and the manual drug container manually moves the manual drug container to the main device. After the drug container is moved to a temporary placement part, the drug dispensing device is manually mounted on the drug container temporary placement part and placed on the container shaking table by a robot.
In a further preferred embodiment, the medicine dispensing device further has an information recording member rewritable on the manual medicine container and a main body side information reading means in the main body device, and the prescription information recorded in the information recording member is the main body side information. This is a method of operating a drug dispensing device , including an operation in which prescription information is read by a reading means, is associated with a manual drug container, and is sent to a main unit.
In a further preferred embodiment, the medicine dispensing device further has container confirmation means for recognizing the manual medicine container in the main unit, and the manual medicine container is specified by the container confirmation means when weighing the medicine by the medicine weighing device. information in which the prescription information and the information specifying the manual medicine container are associated is transmitted from the medicine weighing device, the associated information is received by the main unit, and the manual medicine container is confirmed by the container confirming means. A method of operating a medication dispensing device including the act of individually identifying a container and dividing and packaging a prescribed medication according to prescription information associated with the manually operated medication container.
Another aspect of the present invention developed to solve the above problems is a main unit having a container shaking table, a powdered drug dispensing device , and a container storage device; A drug discharge method for a drug dispensing device comprising a drug weighing device having a reading means and a control unit , and a manual drug container containing a drug other than the drug stored in a container storage device of a main unit, the method comprising weighing the drug. When a prescription drug is received by the device and the stored drug read by the stored drug information reading means corresponds to any of the received prescribed drugs, the control unit selects the prescribed drug as a target to be weighed, and the drug weighing device , the prescription drug selected as a weighing target is weighed, the weighed prescription drug is manually put into the manual drug container, the manual drug container is manually moved to the main unit , and the main unit is placed on the container shaking table. A method of operating a drug dispenser in which a manual drug container is placed and a container shaking table vibrates the manual drug container to discharge prescribed drug from the manual drug container to a powdered drug dispenser.
A preferred aspect is a method of operating a drug dispensing device including an operation of receiving a prescribed drug from a receipt computer in which the prescribed drug has been entered by a drug weighing device .
One aspect of the present invention developed in order to solve the above problems is a manual type medicine container that contains a main unit, a drug weighing device that is located apart from the main unit, and drugs other than those stored in the main unit. A drug dispensing device comprising a drug container, wherein the main device is surrounded by a housing, the housing has a drug shelf area inside the drug shelf area, and a contained drug container is provided in the drug shelf area. A container storage device to be installed is provided, and the main device has a container shaking table for vibrating the manual drug container and a powdered drug dispensing device, and the drug weighing device has a prescription information reading means and a contained drug information reading device. means for selecting the prescribed drug as a target to be weighed and weighing the drug when the stored drug read by the stored drug information reading means corresponds to any of the prescribed drugs read by the prescription information reading means; A drug selected by the device can be weighed, the weighed drug is manually put into the manual drug container, the manual drug container is manually moved to the main device, and the manual drug container is placed on the container shaking table. is placed thereon, the manual drug container is vibrated on the container shaking table, and the drug can be discharged from the manual drug container to the powdered drug dispensing device.
A preferred embodiment further comprises a drug container temporary placement unit provided in the main unit, and a robot for moving the manual drug container. , is a drug dispensing device that is manually mounted on a drug container temporary placement unit and placed on a container shaking table by a robot.
A more preferred embodiment is a medicine dispensing device having a plurality of container shaking tables and a display device for displaying which one of the plurality of container shaking tables is to be used.
Another aspect of the present invention, which has been developed to solve the above-mentioned problems, is a manual type medicine container that contains a main body device, a drug weighing device that is separated from the main body device, and drugs other than those stored in the main body device. A drug dispensing device comprising a drug container, wherein the main device is surrounded by a housing, the housing has a drug shelf area inside the drug shelf area, and a contained drug container is provided in the drug shelf area. A container storage device to be installed is provided, and the main device has a container shaking table for vibrating the manual drug container and a powdered drug dispensing device, and the drug weighing device has a prescription information reading means and a contained drug information reading device. means for selecting the prescribed drug as a target to be weighed and weighing the drug when the stored drug read by the stored drug information reading means corresponds to any of the prescribed drugs read by the prescription information reading means; A weighing of a selected drug can be performed by the device, manually placing the manual drug container on the drug weighing device, manually introducing the selected drug into the manual drug container and weighing the drug; Manually move the manual drug container to the main unit, manually place the manual drug container on the container shaking table, vibrate the manual drug container on the container shaking table, and transfer the drug from the manual drug container to the powder drug dispensing device is a drug dispensing device capable of expelling.
In a further preferred embodiment, the manual medicine container further has a rewritable information recording member, further has main body side information reading means in the main unit, and the prescription information recorded in the information recording member is read from the main body side. The drug dispensing device is read by an information reading means, and the prescription information is sent to the main unit in association with the manual drug container.
In a further preferred embodiment, the main unit further has container confirmation means for recognizing the manual medicine container, and when the medicine weighing device measures the medicine, the container confirmation means reads information identifying the manual medicine container, Information in which the prescription information and the information specifying the manual drug container are associated is transmitted from the drug weighing device, the associated information is received by the main device, and the manual drug container is individually identified by the container confirmation means. and dispenses and packages medicaments according to the prescription information associated with the manual medicament container.
Another aspect of the present invention, which has been developed to solve the above-mentioned problems, is a manual type medicine container that contains a main body device, a drug weighing device that is separated from the main body device, and drugs other than those stored in the main body device. A drug dispensing device comprising a drug container, wherein the main device is surrounded by a housing, the housing has a drug shelf area inside the drug shelf area, and a contained drug container is provided in the drug shelf area. A container storage device to be installed is provided, the main device has a container shaking table for vibrating a manual drug container and a powdered medicine dispensing device, the drug weighing device has a stored drug information reading means, The weighing device receives a prescription drug, and if the stored drug read by the stored drug information reading means corresponds to any of the received prescribed drugs, the weighing device selects the prescribed drug as a target to be weighed, and the drug weighing device The selected drug can be weighed, the weighed drug is manually put into the manual drug container, the manual drug container is manually moved to the main unit, and the manual drug container is placed on the container shaking table. A manual drug container is vibrated on a container vibrating table, and the drug can be discharged from the manual drug container to the powdered drug dispensing device.
In a preferred embodiment, the drug weighing device is a drug dispensing device including operations for receiving prescribed drugs from a receipt computer into which the prescribed drugs have been entered.
Another aspect of the present invention, which has been developed to solve the above-mentioned problems, is a manual type medicine container that contains a main body device, a drug weighing device that is separated from the main body device, and drugs other than those stored in the main body device. A drug dispensing device comprising a drug container, wherein the main device is surrounded by a housing, the housing has a drug shelf area inside the drug shelf area, and a contained drug container is provided in the drug shelf area. A container storage device to be installed is provided. capable of weighing the selected drug by the weighing device;
A weighed drug is put into the manual drug container, the manual drug container is manually moved to the main unit, the manual drug container is placed on the container vibration table, and the manual drug container is vibrated on the container vibration table. is a drug dispensing device capable of dispensing powdered drug from a manually operated drug container into a powdered drug dispenser.
A preferred embodiment further comprises a drug container temporary placement unit provided in the main unit, and a robot for moving the manual drug container. , a drug container temporary placement unit, and placed on a container shaking table by a robot.
A more preferred embodiment is a medicine dispensing device having a plurality of container shaking tables and a display device for displaying which one of the plurality of container shaking tables is to be used.
A more preferred embodiment is a drug dispensing device in which a manual drug container is placed on the drug weighing device and the drug is put into the manual drug container and weighed when the drug is weighed by the drug weighing device.
In a further preferred embodiment, the manual medicine container further has a rewritable information recording member, the prescription information recorded in the information recording member is read by main body side information reading means, and the prescription information is read manually. It is a drug dispensing device that is sent to the main unit side device in association with the type drug container.
In a further preferred embodiment, the main unit further has container confirmation means for recognizing a manual drug container, and when the drug weighing device measures the drug, the bar code reader reads information specifying the manual drug container, Information associated with the prescription information and the information specifying the manual drug container is transmitted from the drug weighing device, the information is received by the main device, and the manual drug container is individually specified by the container confirmation means. and a drug dispensing device for dispensing and packaging drugs according to the prescription information associated with the manually operated drug container.
Another aspect of the present invention, which has been developed to solve the above-mentioned problems, is a manual type medicine container that contains a main body device, a drug weighing device that is separated from the main body device, and drugs other than those stored in the main body device. A drug dispensing device comprising a drug container, wherein the main device is surrounded by a housing, the housing has a drug shelf area inside the drug shelf area, and a contained drug container is provided in the drug shelf area. A container storage device to be installed is provided. The weighing device can perform weighing of the selected drug, placing the manual drug container on the drug weighing device, introducing the selected drug into the manual drug container, weighing the drug, and manually The manual drug container is moved to the main unit, the manual drug container is placed on the container shaking table, the manual drug container is vibrated on the container shaking table, and the powdered drug can be discharged from the manual drug container to the powder drug dispensing device. A drug dispensing device.
Another aspect of the present invention developed to solve the above problems is a drug dispensing device comprising a main unit, a drug weighing device, and a drug container, wherein the drug weighing device measures the weight of the drug. the main device has a container vibrating table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated; and a drug ejection portion that opens laterally when placed on the container vibrating table of the main unit. The drug container is placed on the container shaking table of the main unit while the drug container is inserted, the container shaking table vibrates the drug container, and the drug is discharged from the drug discharging section to the drug dispensing device. It is a drug dispensing device that Further, an invention related to the present invention is a drug dispensing device comprising a main unit and a drug container, wherein the main unit includes a container shaking table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated, and a powdered drug dispensing device. , a robot, wherein the powdered medicine dispensing device comprises a dispensing tray and a scraping device, and is capable of dividing the powdered medicine supplied to the dispensing tray into individual doses; has a drug storage part in which is temporarily stored and a drug discharge part, the drug container contains a drug in an amount corresponding to the total weight of the prescribed specific powdered drug, and the drug is contained in the drug container The drug container is placed on the container shaking table by the robot while it is in the container, and the drug container is vibrated by the container shaking table. A medicine dispensing device characterized in that the medicine is discharged from a part into a distribution tray.
An invention related to the present invention is a device having a function of reducing human error during weighing, and is a drug dispensing device comprising a main body device, a drug weighing device, and a drug container, each of which is separate. The medicine weighing device has weight detecting means for detecting the weight of medicine, dispensing information reading means for reading information related to dispensing, information writing means and/or weighing device side information reading means, and the main body The device has a container shaking table for placing and vibrating the drug container, a drug distribution device for dividing the powdered drug into a predetermined amount and dividing it into a plurality of parts, and main body side information reading means. A medicine reservoir and storage part that is temporarily stored, a medicine discharge part that opens laterally when placed on the container shaking table of the main unit, and an information recording member and/or a container identification member. is sent to the main unit in association with the drug container.

A drug dispensing device related to the present invention includes a main device and a drug weighing device. The drug weighing device has substantially the same functions as the drug weighing device disclosed in Patent Document 2, and includes weight detection means for detecting the weight of the drug, dispensing information reading means for reading information related to dispensing, It has information writing means and/or weighing device side information reading means.
The main unit does not have the input hopper and trough that are used in the prior art, and is replaced by a container shaking table.
A drug dispensing device related to the present invention also includes a drug container. The drug container has an information recording member and/or a container identification member. Further, the drug container has a drug storage portion in which the drug is temporarily stored, and a drug discharge portion that opens laterally when placed on the container vibrating table of the main unit.
In the drug delivery device of the present invention, weighed drugs are placed in the drug container, and the drug container is placed on the container vibration table of the main unit in this state. Then, the drug container is vibrated by the container vibrating table and dropped directly from the drug outlet into the drug dispensing device.
The drug dispensing device of the present invention drops the drug directly from the drug container, and does not have a feeding hopper and a trough. Therefore, there is no need to clean the input hopper and trough.

The weight detection means of the drug weighing device has a container placement section for placing the drug container thereon, and the weight detection means detects the weight of the drug introduced from the drug introduction section into the drug storage section of the drug container. It is desirable that the drug container has a drug loading section that opens upward when placed on the container placement section of the drug weighing device.

According to this aspect, the medicine can be weighed by charging the medicine from the medicine charging part while the medicine is placed on the container mounting part of the medicine weighing device.

In one aspect of the present invention described above, the main device has main body side information reading means, the medicine container has an information recording member, and information related to dispensing is recorded on the information recording member. It is desirable that the recorded information be read by the main body side information reading means.
The medicine container has an information recording member, and the information recording member can rewrite information. The information recorded on the member and recorded on the information recording member may be read by the information reading means on the main body side, whereby the information related to the dispensing may be sent to the main device in association with the medicine container.

The main body side information reading means is a receiving means for receiving a signal, the drug container has a container identification member, the drug weighing device has a weighing device side information reading means, and the drug weighing device side information reading means reads the drug by the weighing device side information reading means. Information identifying the container is read, information related to dispensing and information identifying the drug container are transmitted from the drug weighing device, the information is directly or indirectly transmitted to the main device, and main body side information reading means Information related to dispensing may be sent to the main unit in association with the drug container by being received by the device.

The information related to the medicine sent to the main unit in association with the medicine container may include information related to the weight of the medicine detected by the weight detection means.

An iron plate is attached to the bottom of the drug container, and an electromagnet is provided on the container vibrating table. It is desirable to operate the electromagnet to fix the manually operated drug container to the container vibrating table.
The drug container becomes oblong when placed on the container mounting portion of the drug weighing device, and one end in the longitudinal direction is open to form a drug discharge portion, and the container mount of the drug weighing device It is desirable that the drug loading section further has a drug loading section that opens upward when placed on the placing section, has a space inside, and the drug loading section has a larger opening than the drug discharging section.
It is desirable that the main unit has a packaging device for packaging medicines and printing means, and information related to prescriptions is printed by the printing means.

The main body device may have display means, and may be configured to be able to display on the display means information related to the dispensing sent to the main body device in association with the medicine container.
Another aspect is a drug dispensing method for dispensing drugs using a drug dispensing device, wherein the drug dispensing device is a drug dispensing device comprising a main unit, a drug weighing device, and a drug container, The drug weighing device has weight detection means for detecting the weight of the drug, dispensing information reading means for reading information related to dispensing, information writing means and/or weighing device side information reading means, and the main body device includes , a container shaking table on which the drug container is placed and vibrated, a drug dispensing device that divides the powdered drug into a predetermined amount and divides it into a plurality of parts, and a main body side information reading means, wherein the drug container is provided with a drug discharging section. , an information recording member and/or a container identification member, and information related to dispensing is sent to the main unit in association with the drug container. Then, the drug container is placed on the container vibrating table of the main unit while the drug is still in the drug container. is a drug dispensing method characterized in that the drug is discharged.

According to the medicine dispensing device of the present invention, the operator is relieved from the work of cleaning the charging hopper and trough. According to the drug dispensing device of the related invention, it is possible to reduce human error during weighing.

1 is a perspective view of a main body device, a drug weighing device, and a manual drug container of a drug dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the inside of the main unit of FIG. 1 in a see-through manner; FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a drug container introduction door portion of the main unit of FIG. 1; 1 is a perspective view of a drug feeder employed in a drug dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a manually operated drug container employed in a drug dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the manual drug container of Fig. 5; FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the manual drug container of FIG. 5, showing the behavior when the drug inside is discharged; 1 is a perspective view of a self-contained drug container; FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container shaking table employed in a medicine dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the container shaking table of FIG. 9; Fig. 10 is a longitudinal perspective view of the container shaking table of Fig. 9; FIG. 10 is a longitudinal side view of the container shaking table of FIG. 9; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a drug dividing device of the main unit of Fig. 1; FIG. 2 is a side view conceptually displaying a part of the medicine dividing device of the main unit of FIG. 1 longitudinally. It is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a drug weighing device. 1 is a perspective view of a drug weighing device; FIG. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a manual drug container is placed on the drug weighing device; It is a flowchart which shows operation|movement of a medicine weighing apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of a medicine feeder. Fig. 11 is a perspective view showing a modification of the manual drug container; FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another modification of the manual drug container; FIG. 22 is a perspective view of the drug container shown in FIG. 21, showing a state when the drug is introduced in a normal manner; Fig. 22 is a perspective view of the drug container shown in Fig. 21, showing a state when the drug is introduced by another method; FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the inside of a main unit according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a powdered medicine packaging device disclosed in Patent Document 1; 1 is a configuration diagram of a powder feeder disclosed in Patent Document 1; FIG.

The drug dispensing device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be further described below. In order to facilitate understanding, the outline and general operation of the present invention will be described first, and then the specific configuration of each member will be described in detail. do.
As shown in FIG. 1, the drug delivery device 1 of this embodiment is composed of a main device 2, a drug weighing device (drug inspection system) 3, and a manual drug container 5a.
The main unit 2 has a powder medicine distribution device 18 and a medicine packaging device 6 (see FIGS. 2, 13 and 14), similar to the powder medicine distribution device 200 disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above.
The powder medicine dispensing device 18 comprises distribution trays 7a, 7b and a scraping device 8, and is capable of dividing the supplied powder medicine into individual doses. Also, the divided powdered medicine can be packaged by the medicine packaging device 6 for each dose. A printing means 13 is built in the drug packaging device 6, and a predetermined printing can be performed on the packaging bag.

The drug dispensing device 1 of this embodiment employs a drug feeder 10a having a structure as shown in FIG. The drug feeder 10a is composed of a container vibrating table 11 and a manual drug container 5a. The container vibrating table 11 that constitutes the drug feeder 10a and the manual drug container 5a are separate bodies, and the electromagnets 12 (see FIG. 9) provided on the container vibrating table 11 act to integrate them. be able to. The container shaking table 11 is vibrated by vibrating means 15a and 15b.
The container shaking table 11 is also provided with an RFID reader 16 serving as information reading means on the main body side.
The container shaking table 11 is installed in the vicinity of the distribution plates 7a and 7b as shown in FIGS.
The main unit 2 also has a touch panel 106 as shown in FIG. The touch panel 106 serves as both display means and input means.

The manual drug container 5a is a container as shown in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7, and the container main body 25 is open on the top side and the tip side. The manual drug container 5a has a closed bottom, and has a drug reservoir 9 in which drugs are temporarily stored. A rectifying member 17a is provided inside the manual drug container 5a.
That is, the manually operated drug container 5a has a drug discharge portion 20a that opens laterally with respect to the posture placed on the container shaking table 11 as a reference. The opening on the upper surface side functions as a medicine charging portion 21a.
An RFID tag 22 as an information recording member is attached to the outer surface of the manual drug container 5a. A fixing iron plate portion 26 is attached to the bottom of the manual drug container 5a.
Note that in this embodiment, a bar code 24 is also provided in addition to the RFID tag 22 . The bar code 24 is a container identification member that identifies the manual drug container 5a.

The drug weighing device 3 is substantially the same as that disclosed in Patent Document 2, and as shown in FIG. and a touch panel 133 .
The barcode reader 32 functions as dispensing information reading means and stored medicine confirmation means. 3 is read into the control unit 131 .
Then, the pharmacist places the manual drug container 5a on the weighing table (container mounting portion) 30, introduces the drug directly into the manual drug container 5a from the drug input portion 21 of the manual drug container 5a, and weighs the drug. .
At that time, the bar code reader 32 reads the type of medicine contained in the medicine bottle from the barcode attached to the medicine bottle (not shown), and confirms that it is the prescribed medicine. can.
The prescription information, the name of the pharmacist, and the type and amount of the weighed medicine are written to the RFID tag 22 of the manual medicine container 5a by the RFID reader/writer 134 of the medicine weighing device. That is, the RFID reader/writer 134 functions as information writing means.

Then, manually or by using a robot, the manually operated drug container 5a is moved and placed on the container shaking table 11 of the main unit 2. FIG.
An RFID reader 16 serving as main body side information reading means is provided near the container shaking table 11 , and dispensation information is read into the main body device 2 by the RFID reader 16 . Then, the read dispensing information is displayed on the touch panel 106 provided on the main unit 2 . Therefore, the pharmacist can confirm the dispensing information displayed on the touch panel 106 .

If the dispensing information includes items that require some additional work or work that differs from regular work, or if there are special precautions, the touch panel 106 displays that fact. The pharmacist can examine the displayed content and operate the touch panel 106 to instruct the main unit 2 about work items and the like. That is, the touch panel 106 can be used to instruct additional work and change the work content.

As a precaution to be displayed on the touch panel 106, there is a case where the type and amount of the drug described in the prescription are different from the type and amount of the drug contained in the manual drug container 5a. For example, when more than one type of drug is packaged in the same package, three types of drugs are stated in the prescription, but only two types are contained in the manual drug container 5a. As an operation in the main unit 2, there are cases where it is necessary to put the remaining medicine into the distribution tray 7. FIG.
Similarly, when more than one type of drug is packaged in the same package, there is a case where the drug is put into the distribution tray 7 from a plurality of manual drug containers 5a. The pharmacist operates the touch panel 106 to operate the main unit 2 so as to perform the operation along with it.
In addition, although not directly related to the present invention, when the amount of drugs contained in the drug containers 4 distributed together is less than the prescribed amount, a support screen for drug filling work is displayed on the screen of the touch panel 106 to pre-fill the drug. The filling operation may be performed on

Further, when powdered medicine and tablets are packed together, a predetermined operation is instructed from the touch panel 106 . For example, when adopting a main unit equipped with a function to dispense solid medicines such as tablets, or when adopting a main unit equipped with a “hand-wrapped function” for individually packaging tablets, etc., the touch panel 106 A predetermined action is instructed.

In addition, in the case of packaging the drugs contained in the storage-type drug container 4 employed in the embodiment described later, the pharmacist operates the touch panel 106 to cause the main device 2 to perform the necessary operations. Furthermore, in the case where the drug required for the package is not stored in the storage type drug container 4 or is insufficient, it is necessary to refill the storage type drug container 4 with the drug. , the pharmacist operates the touch panel 106 to cause the main unit 2 to perform necessary operations.

When the pharmacist's prescription inspection and predetermined additional instructions are completed and the pharmacist operates the touch panel 106 to input a confirmation signal, the following packaging operation is started. The confirmation signal is given by touching a predetermined display portion of the touch panel 106, but the confirmation display is arbitrary, and may be, for example, "confirmation", "work start", or the like. In short, the pharmacist creates an opportunity to start the packaging on his/her own will.
In the packaging operation, the distribution plate 7 is rotated and at the same time the container shaking table 11 is vibrated. As a result, the manual medicine container 5a on the container shaking table 11 vibrates, and the powdered medicine inside slowly moves toward the medicine discharging part 20 and finally falls from the medicine discharging part 20 onto the distribution tray 7. FIG. That is, in this embodiment, the powdered medicine is dropped directly from the manual medicine container 5a onto the distribution tray 7 without going through a trough as in the conventional case.
Then, when all the powdered medicine has finished dropping, the distribution plate 7 stops rotating. After that, according to the dispensing information read by the RFID reader 16, the powdered medicine in the distribution tray 7 is divided into a predetermined number of pieces, the medicine is scraped out by the scraping device 8, put into the medicine packaging device 6, and individually packaged. Predetermined characters are printed on the bag.
When a series of operations is completed, the manual drug container 5a is removed from the container shaking table 11. FIG.
Since the medicine dispenser 1 of this embodiment vibrates the manual medicine container 5a and directly puts the powdered medicine into the distribution tray 7 from the manual medicine container 5a, it does not have the trough 210 of the conventional one. No need to clean.

In the above-described embodiment, the manual drug container 5a is placed on the balance table 30 of the drug weighing device 3 and the drug is put thereinto. , the drug may be transferred from the sheet to the manual drug container 5a.

In the above-described embodiment, the manual drug container 5a is provided with the RFID tag 22 as a writable information recording member, the dispensing information is recorded on the information recording member, and the dispensing information is transmitted to the main unit 2 from the information recording member. That is, in the previous embodiment, the manual drug container 5a has the RFID tag 22 as an information recording member, the RFID tag 22 is rewritable with information, and the drug weighing device 3 is an RFID reader/writer as information writing means. 134, information related to dispensing is recorded in the RFID tag 22 by the RFID reader/writer 134, and the information recorded in the RFID tag 22 is read by the RFID reader 16 serving as information reading means on the main body side to relate to the dispensing. Information is sent to the main unit 2 in association with the manual drug container 5a.

Instead of this, dispensing information may be transmitted directly from the drug weighing device 3 to the main device 2 by wire or wirelessly. Dispensing information may also be transmitted from the drug weighing device 3 to the main device 2 via another central control device or the like.
When this method is adopted, the main device 2 is provided with receiving means for receiving signals as main body side information reading means. Also, the bar code 24 provided on the manual drug container 5a is used. Then, the drug weighing device 3 causes the bar code reader 32 to function as weighing device side information reading means to read the information specifying the manual drug container 5a.
Further, the main unit 2 is provided with container confirmation means for recognizing the container identification member. The container confirmation means is, for example, a bar code reader. The RFID tag 22 provided on the manual drug container 5a may be used as the container identification member, and the RFID reader 16 may be used as the container confirmation means.

When the drug weighing device 3 weighs the drug, the information specifying the manual drug container 5a is read by the bar code reader 32, and the information related to dispensing is associated with the information specifying the manual drug container 5a to measure the drug. This information is sent from the device 3 and received by the main device 2 .
After that, the manual drug container 5a is individually specified by the container confirmation means of the main unit 2, and the drug is divided and packaged according to the dispensing information related to the manual drug container 5a.

The outline of the present invention has been described above. Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described more specifically.
As shown in FIG. 1, the drug delivery device 1 described below is composed of a main device 2, a drug weighing device 3, a storage drug container 4, and a manual drug container 5a. Note that the containment type drug container 4 is an accessory member and has no direct relation to the present invention.
The main unit 2 of this embodiment is surrounded by a housing 40 , and its interior is divided into a drug shelf area 100 , a drug divided area 101 and a drug packaging area 102 .
The drug shelf area 100 is provided with a container storage device 103 (FIG. 2) in which the accommodating type drug container 4 is installed.
Each member of the medicine shelf area 100 is also an accessory member and has no direct relation to the present invention.
The container storage device 103 has a vertical drum member 105 that rotates in a substantially horizontal direction.
The container storage device 103 stores a large number of storage-type drug containers 4 as shown in FIG. Stored in the container storage device 103 is a storage-type drug container 4 of a type without a drug charging portion as shown in FIG.

The drum member 105 is rotated by a motor (not shown), and a desired drug container 4 is brought close to the robot 110 and attached or detached by the robot 110 .

A door member 111 is provided on the housing 40 of the medicine shelf area 100 . The door member 111 is a wing-type door that opens and closes with a hinge as shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, a drug container temporary placement portion 112 is provided inside the door member 111 . Inside the door member 111, main body side information reading means (door portion) 113 such as an RFID reader is provided.

A robot 110 is provided in an area from the medicine shelf area 100 to the medicine dividing area 101 .

The drug dividing area 101 is an area in which the powdered drug dispensing device 18 is provided. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 13, the medicine division area 101 has the table member 38, and is an area in which the two distribution plates 7a and 7b are installed in the table member 38 in an embedded state. A table 11 and a cleaning device 43 are arranged. A scraping device 8 is provided in the medicine division area 101 . A drug introduction opening 68 is provided in the table member 38 .
The distribution plates 7a and 7b are members provided with drug-inserting grooves 45 on the upper surface side. The medicine injection groove 45 is also called an “R groove” and has an arcuate cross-sectional shape. The medicine feeding groove 45 is located near the outer edge of the distribution plates 7a and 7b.

The distribution plates 7a and 7b can be rotated at a constant speed by a plate rotation mechanism (not shown). It can also be rotated by a predetermined angle.

The scraping device 8 includes a drive unit (not shown), a scraping arm 46 shown in FIG. 14, and a scraping mechanism 47 provided at the tip of the scraping arm 46.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, there is a turntable 48 below the distribution plates 7a and 7b, and by rotating the turntable 48, the scraping device 8 as a whole can be rotated.

The cleaning device 43 has a cleaning arm 50 projecting cantilevered from the table member 38 and whose tip side moves up and down by power, and a cleaning brush 51 is provided at the tip.

A container shaking table 11 is provided on the table member 38 . In this embodiment, three sets of container shaking tables 11 are provided around the distribution plates 7a and 7b.
The structure of the container shaking table 11 is as shown in FIGS. The container shaking table 11 includes a mounting table 52 on which the accommodating type drug container 4 and the manually operated drug container 5a are placed, and the weight of the drug container (the accommodating type drug container 4 and the manually operated drug container 5a) directly or indirectly. and weight measuring means for measuring.
The container shaking table 11 is provided with an electromagnet 12 as container holding means for temporarily fixing the drug container to the container shaking table 11 . More specifically, the container holding means is an electromagnet with a structure called a self-holding solenoid. A self-holding solenoid is a combination of a permanent magnet and an electromagnet, and normally the permanent magnet mainly exerts the attracting force. When the magnetized object is to be released from the self-holding solenoid, the electromagnet is energized to generate magnetic force in the direction opposite to that of the permanent magnet, thereby canceling the magnetic force of the permanent magnet.
In this embodiment, the manually operated drug container 5a is placed on the container shaking table 11, and the container shaking table 11 is vibrated to discharge the drug from the manually operated drug container 5a. Further, the weight change of the manual drug container 5a at that time is detected by the weight measuring means.

9 to 12, the container vibrating table 11 includes, from the top, a mounting table 52, vibrating means 15a and 15b, an intermediate table 53, an anti-vibration table 55, an anti-vibration member 62, a weight measuring means 56, and a base member 57. It is composed by An RFID reader 16 is provided near the mounting table 52 .

The mounting table 52 is a block-shaped mounting table. The external shape of the mounting table 52 is as shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, and is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped.
The electromagnet 12 is built in the mounting surface 61 .

The vibrating means 15a and 15b are piezoelectric elements.
As shown in FIG. 10, the intermediate table 53 has a substantially "H" shape in plan view.
A large hollow portion 60 is provided inside the intermediate table 53, and the rear surface of the intermediate table 53 is largely open.
As shown in FIG. 10, the anti-vibration table 55 is a plate having a protruding central portion and a space inside.

Next, the positional relationship of each component of the container shaking table 11 will be described. In the container vibrating table 11, vibrating means 15a and 15b are provided between the mounting table 52 and the intermediate table 53 as shown in FIGS.

In the present embodiment, the vibrating means 15a and 15b are present between the mounting table 52 and the intermediate table 53, and the mounting table 52 is not supported by the parts other than the vibrating means 15a and 15b. Therefore, the mounting table 52 has a structure in which it is supported in midair from the intermediate table 53 by the vibrating means 15a and 15b.

A vibration isolation table 55 is arranged below the intermediate table 53 . In this embodiment, there is no member other than the vibration isolation member 62 that connects between the intermediate table 53 and the vibration isolation table 55 . Therefore, the intermediate table 53 has a structure in which it is supported in midair from the vibration isolation table 55 by the vibration isolation member 62 .

10, 11 and 12, a weight measuring means 56 is arranged below the anti-vibration table 55, and a base member 57 is further arranged below it.
As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, most of the weight measuring means 56 is located within a ridge 63 provided in the center of the vibration isolating table 55, and an upper installation surface 64 of the weight measuring means 56 is located on the vibration isolating table 55. is connected to the inner surface of the top surface of the ridge 63.
On the other hand, the lower mounting surface 66 of the weight measuring means 56 is attached to the base member 57 .
The base member 57 is attached in the vicinity of the distribution plates 7a and 7b of the medicine dividing area 101 via the vibration isolating member 67 as in the previous embodiment.

The medicine packaging device 6 is built in the medicine packaging area 102 . The medicine packaging device 6 is a machine for packaging medicines for each dose, as well as a well-known one, and is composed of a packaging paper feeding device and a packaging device, as well-known. A medicine hopper is also provided for putting medicine into the packaging part.
The medicine packaging device 6 is a device having a packaging paper supply device 58 , a packaging device 59 and printing means 13 as a basic configuration. The packaging paper supply device 58 is a part that supplies sheet-like packaging papers to the packaging section.
The packaging device 59 is a part that folds a sheet-like packaging paper, introduces powdered medicine into it, and then fuses the sides of the sheet to form a bag. The packaging paper supply device 58, the packaging device 59, and the printing means 13 employed in the present embodiment are all known devices, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the manual drug container 5a will be described. The manual drug container 5a is a drug container of the type having a drug input portion 21a as shown in FIGS.
The manually operated drug container 5a is composed of a container body 25, a fixing iron plate portion 26, a discharge side lid member 120, an insertion side lid member 121, an RFID tag (information recording member) 22, and a bar code 24. .
The container main body 25 is a vertically elongated container made of resin, and one end in the longitudinal direction is open to form a drug discharge portion 20a. There is also a large opening on the side surface of the container main body 25, and this opening functions as a medicine charging portion 21a.
The medicine discharge part 20a provided in the container main body 25 is opened horizontally with respect to the posture placed on the container shaking table 11 as a reference. In addition, the medicine charging part 21a is opened upward with respect to the posture placed on the container shaking table 11 as a reference. It is the same even when the posture placed on the medicine weighing device 3 is used as a reference, and the medicine discharge part 20a is opened in the horizontal direction, and the medicine introduction part 21b is opened upward.

A flange portion 28 is formed around the opening of the medicine injection portion 21a.
A loading-side lid member 121 is attached to the flange portion 28 .
An RFID tag (information recording member) 22 and a bar code 24 are attached to the outer side surface of the container body 25 .

The discharge side lid member 120 is composed of a lid body portion 125 , a movable lid portion 124 , a rectifying coil 126 and a comb-like rectifying member 130 . A desiccant 182 is arranged on the discharge side lid member 120 as shown in FIG.
A knob 147 is provided on the movable lid portion 124 , and the movable lid portion 124 is opened by pressing the knob portion 147 . Then, the movable lid portion 124 is maintained in an open state.
The discharge-side lid member 120 is attached to the drug discharge portion 20a of the container body 25 as shown in FIG.

The fixing iron plate portion 26 is a steel plate containing a magnetic component such as ferrite. The fixing iron plate portion 26 is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the container body 25 and to the peripheral wall lower surface 27 . The surface on which the fixing iron plate portion 26 is attached faces the surface on which the drug introduction portion 21a is provided.

Next, the accommodating type drug container 4 will be described. The containment type drug container 4 is an accessory part of the present invention and does not directly affect the effects of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the accommodating type drug container 4 is a type of drug container that does not have a drug charging portion. The container body 25 of the storage-type drug container 4 is provided with an iron plate portion 157 for transportation. In this embodiment, the transportation iron plate portion 157 is divided into two small transportation iron plate portions 157a and 157b. The iron plate portion 157 for transportation is made of a steel plate containing a magnetic component such as ferrite.
Since the configuration of the storage type medicine container 4 and other components is the same as that of the manual medicine container 5a, the description thereof is omitted.

In the main unit 2 of the present embodiment, a set of drug feeders 10a is configured by the drug container (the storage type drug container 4 or the manual drug container 5a) and the container shaking table 11. As shown in FIG.
That is, the drug container (accommodated drug container 4 or manual drug container 5a) and the container shaking table 11 are separate, and are combined to form the drug feeder 10a when dispensing the powdered drug.
The main body device 2 employed in this embodiment can use the storage type drug container 4 and the manual type drug container 5a properly. The storage type drug container 4 is filled with a specific drug in advance and stored in the container storage device 103 in the drug shelf area 100 .
Into the manual drug container 5a, drugs according to a prescription for a specific patient are placed one by one by a pharmacist.
The present invention is characterized in that it uses a manual drug container 5a. Manual drug container 5 a is placed on container shaking table 11 without being housed in container storage device 103 .
The medicine feeder 10a has a function of fixing the manual medicine container 5a to the container shaking table 11 by means of the electromagnet 12 built in the mounting table 52 and vibrating the manual medicine container 5a to discharge the powdered medicine.

Next, the medicine weighing device will be explained.
The drug weighing device includes weighing means, prescription information reading means, stored drug information reading means, information writing means, and control means. The weighing means weighs the drug. The prescription information reading means reads prescription information including prescription drug identification information that identifies one or more prescription drugs recorded in the prescription from the prescription.The stored drug information reading means is a drug container such as a medicine bottle. The stored drug information of the stored drug identification information for identifying the stored drug recorded in the medicine bottle is read from the medicine bottle or the like.
When the stored drug read by the stored drug information reading means corresponds to any of the prescribed drugs read by the prescription information reading means, the control means selects the prescribed drug as a target to be weighed, and weighs the prescribed drug. A target weighing screen is displayed on the display means.
Further, necessary information is written to the RFID tag 22 of the manual medicine container 5a by the information writing means.

A schematic configuration of the drug weighing device 3 will be described below. As shown in FIG. 15, the drug weighing device 3 includes a control section 131, a balance unit 132, a touch panel 133, an RFID reader/writer 134, a data storage section 135, a USB port 136, a barcode reader 32, a printer 140, and the like. In particular, at least a balance table 30, a control section 131, a balance unit 132, and a touch panel 133 are integrally provided in the device main body of the drug weighing device 3. As shown in FIG.

The control unit 131 is a computer that includes a CPU, ROM, RAM (EEPROM, etc.) and the like, and controls the medicine weighing device 3 in an integrated manner. A CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processes according to various programs.
ROM is a non-volatile memory in which programs to be executed by the CPU are stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile memory or non-volatile memory used for temporary storage of data in developing various programs and various arithmetic processing by the CPU.

The balance unit 132 has a stainless steel balance table 30 and is a weighing means for weighing the drug placed on the balance table 30 . Specifically, the balance unit 132 is a balance unit that is also used in conventional well-known electronic balances and includes a balance circuit, a force coil, a current/voltage conversion circuit, an A/D conversion circuit, and the like. The weight of the drug weighed by the balance unit 132 is input to the control section 131 as digital data.

When a pharmacist or the like weighs a drug with the drug weighing device 3, after placing the manual drug container 5a on the balance table 30, the drug is put into the manual drug container 5a. As described above, the manual drug container 5a is provided with the RFID tag 22 as a recording medium for reading and writing various information.
The RFID tag 22 is provided at a position where data can be read and written by the RFID reader/writer 134 when the manual drug container 5a is placed on the balance table 30 .
Note that the weighing unit 132 uses a value obtained by subtracting the preset weights of the manually operated drug container 5a and the RFID tag 22 as the weighed value of the drug.

The touch panel 133 is a display unit such as a liquid crystal panel or an organic EL panel that displays various screens and various information according to control instructions from the control unit 131, and detects and detects operations of operation keys displayed on the display unit. and a detection unit that inputs a signal to the control unit 131 . That is, the touch panel 133 serves both as display means and input means in the drug weighing device 3 . Specifically, the control unit 131 causes the touch panel 133 to display the weight value weighed by the balance unit 132 .

The RFID reader/writer 134 uses RFID wireless communication technology to record information on an RFID tag or RFID label, or read information from an RFID tag or RFID label.
The RFID reader/writer 134 is provided adjacent to the balance table 30, and is used to read and write information to the RFID tag 22 when the manual drug container 5a is placed on the balance table 30. . Of course, the RFID reader/writer 134 may be built in the drug weighing device 3 .

The data storage unit 135 is a recording medium such as a USB memory that stores control programs such as a drug weighing program executed by the control unit 131 and various data such as a drug master. It is possible.

The drug weighing program is software that causes a computer such as the control unit 131 to execute each processing step of a drug weighing process (see FIG. 18), which will be described later. The control unit 131 also includes an audit program for auditing whether or not the weighed value of the medicine is within the range of the normal dose (appropriate amount to be taken once a day or once) preset for each medicine. Therefore, the drug weighing device 3 can measure the drug and check the regular dose by itself without using another information processing device such as a computer.

In the drug master, drug code, drug name, JAN code (or RSS), drug bottle code, classification (dosage form: powder medicine, tablet, liquid medicine, topical medicine, etc.), specific gravity, drug type (ordinary medicine, poisonous medicine, narcotics, powerful drugs, antipsychotics, therapeutic drugs, etc.), compounding changes, excipients, precautions, regular doses (equivalent to appropriate dose information), and simultaneous use prohibition information.

The JAN code (RSS) is information corresponding to the contained drug name recorded on the drug bottle or the like supplied by the pharmaceutical manufacturer, and the JAN code is recorded (written) on the drug bottle as a bar code. The medicine bottle code is information corresponding to the stored medicine name recorded on the medicine bottle when the medicine in the medicine box supplied by the pharmaceutical manufacturer is subdivided into medicine bottles. is recorded by barcode. By referring to the drug master, the control unit 131 can obtain the stored drug name corresponding to each barcode.

By the way, in this embodiment, the case where the drug name is used as the information for identifying the drug will be described as an example, but the drug code or the like may be used without being limited to this.
The usual dose is an appropriate amount to be taken in one day or once, which is predetermined corresponding to each drug. In addition, the simultaneous administration prohibition information is information about drugs that are prohibited from being taken at the same time, which is predetermined corresponding to each drug.

The barcode reader 32 reads information from one-dimensional barcodes such as JAN codes and RSS, and two-dimensional codes such as QR codes (registered trademark).

In the drug weighing device 3, the control unit 131 uses the barcode reader 32 to read the QR code (registered trademark ) and other two-dimensional codes. Prescription information includes date of issuance of prescription, etc., patient ID, patient name, date of birth of patient, drug information (drug code, drug name, dose, dosage form information, oral medicine such as tablets and powders, topical medicine such as ointment, etc.) medicine”), usage information (three times a day after each meal, etc.), and the like.

In the medicine weighing device 3, the control unit 131 uses the barcode reader 32 to record (describe) contained medicine information including the contained medicine name recorded (recorded) in the medicine bottle in the form of a barcode in the medicine bottle. read from the JAN code or medicine bottle code. Here, the control unit 131 when executing such reading processing corresponds to the contained medicine information reading means.

It should be noted that the method of reading the prescription information and stored drug information from the prescription or the medicine bottle is not limited to using barcodes, and character recognition technology or image recognition technology may also be used.

It is also conceivable that the drug bottle is provided with an information recording medium such as an RFID tag or RFID label, and stored drug information including the name of the drug stored in the drug bottle is recorded on the information recording medium.

Similarly, prescriptions are provided with information recording media such as RFID tags or RFID labels, and information such as prescriptions including prescription drug names recorded in the prescriptions may be recorded in the information recording media.
Alternatively, prescription information may be input in advance to a receipt computer or the like, transmitted from the receipt computer or the like to the drug weighing device 3 via a LAN (wired/wireless), and received by the drug weighing device 3 .

The printer 140 prints out print data input from the control unit 131 via the USB port 136 . Specifically, the printer 140 is used to print the results of weighing by the drug weighing device 3 and the like.

Next, the function of the medicine dispensing device 1 of this embodiment will be explained following the actual work procedure. The drug delivery device 1 can perform fully automatic packing using the storage type drug container 4 and manual packing using the manual type drug container 5a.
The medicine dispensing device 1 of this embodiment is characterized by the latter manual packaging, and the manual packaging using the manual medicine container 5a will be described below.
The work procedure for manual packaging is broadly divided into "drug weighing work" and "medicine packing work". The medicine weighing work is work performed using the medicine weighing device 3 , and the medicine packing work is work performed using the main unit 2 .
The main unit 2 has two types of drug containers, but in this embodiment, a manual drug container 5a is used.
Hereinafter, the "medicine weighing operation" will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 18 and the like. The flowchart shows an example of the procedure of drug weighing processing executed by the control unit 131 in the drug weighing device 3 according to the drug weighing program.

The drug weighing process is a process executed by the control unit 131 when the power of the drug weighing device is turned on. Here, the prescription includes the date of issuance of the prescription, etc., patient ID, patient name, date of birth of the patient, drug information (drug code, drug name, dosage, dosage form information, oral medicine such as tablets and powders, external use such as ointment, etc.) A case in which dispensing information such as "medicine") and usage information (three times a day after each meal, etc.) is recorded in a two-dimensional code will be described as an example. It is also assumed that the prescription drug names include three types of drugs, drug A, drug B, and drug C.
It is assumed that the three types of drugs described above are not contained in the storage type drug container 4 housed in the container storage device 103 .

As the first operation performed by the operator, an empty manual drug container 5a is placed on the balance table 30. As shown in FIG. At this time, the charging side lid member 121 of the manual drug container 5a is removed in advance, and the drug charging portion 21a is opened. When the manually operated drug container 5a is placed on the balance table 30, the drug inlet 21a is open upward.
The control unit 131 of the drug weighing device 3 waits for reading of prescription information (step 1).

The pharmacist operates the bar code reader 32 of the drug weighing device 3 to read dispensing information from the two-dimensional code attached to the prescription. Then, when the two-dimensional code is read by the barcode reader 32 (YES side of step 1), the control unit 131 advances the process to step 2. FIG.
Here, the dispensing information read from the two-dimensional code includes the date of issuance of the prescription, etc., patient ID, patient name, patient date of birth, drug information (drug code, drug name, dosage, dosage form information (tablets, powdered medicines, etc.) This information includes information recorded in the prescription, such as internal medicines and external medicines such as ointments"), usage information (three times a day, after each meal, etc.).

At step 2 , the control unit 131 causes the touch panel 133 to display a prescription screen (not shown) based on the information such as prescription read at step 1 . Dispenser name, patient name, age, weight, prescription days, fraction, drug name, dosage form, prescription amount, etc. are displayed on the prescription screen.

Next, in step 3, the control unit 131 waits for reading of the stored drug name (NO side of step 3). Specifically, the control unit 131 determines that the stored drug name has been read when the stored drug information indicated by the JAN code or the drug bottle code recorded on the drug bottle is read by the barcode reader 32 . . Then, when the pharmacist holds the JAN code or the medicine bottle code of the medicine bottle over the barcode reader 32 and the JAN code or the medicine bottle code is read by the barcode reader 32 (YES side of step 3), the control unit 131 causes the process to proceed to step 4.

That is, in the drug weighing process, the information such as the prescription is first read, and then the stored drug name is read. Therefore, when the stored drug name is read first, the drug weighing device 3 does not start weighing.

Then, in step 4, the control unit 131 branches the processing according to the comparison result between the stored drug name in the stored drug information read in step 3 and the stored drug name in the prescription information read in step 1. Specifically, in step 4, the control unit 131 determines whether the stored drug name corresponds to any of the prescribed drug names.

Here, if the stored drug name corresponds to any of the prescribed drug names (YES side of step 4), the process proceeds to step 5, and if the stored drug name does not correspond to any of the prescribed drug names (step 4 NO side), the process proceeds to step 13.

In step 5, the control unit 131 selects a prescription drug name that matches the stored drug name from among the prescription drug names included in the prescription information, etc., as objects to be weighed. That is, when the stored drug name corresponds to any of the prescription drug names, the prescription drug name to be weighed is automatically selected from the prescription drug names included in the prescription information.

Therefore, the pharmacist can check the name of the stored drug and the name of the prescribed drug in the drug weighing device 3 only by having the bar code reader 32 read the JAN code or the drug bottle code recorded on the drug bottle, and the drug to be weighed. can be realized. Therefore, when a plurality of prescription drug names are included in the prescription information, the operation for selecting the prescription drug name to be weighed can be omitted, and the dispensing efficiency by the doctor or pharmacist can be improved. .

In step 6, the control unit 131 causes the touch panel 133 to display a weighing screen (not shown) for weighing the drug having the prescription drug name corresponding to the stored drug name from the prescription information. At this time, the control unit 131 displays the weighed value of the medicine by the weighing unit 132 and the target value of the weighed medicine of the prescribed medicine name on the weighing screen.

For example, the target value "0.9 g", which is the prescribed amount of "medicine A", and the actual weighed value "0.0 g" by the balance unit 132 are displayed.

Then, in step 7, the control unit 131 waits for the completion of weighing of the prescription drug name (NO side of step 7). Specifically, the control unit 131 determines that the weighing of the prescription drug name is completed when an enter key (not shown) displayed on the weighing screen is operated. Then, when the control unit 131 determines that the weighing of the prescription drug name is completed (YES side of step 7), the process proceeds to step 8. When the weighing of the prescription drug name is completed, the control unit 131 causes the data storage unit 135 (RAM) or the like to store the fact.

In step 8, the control unit 131 causes the touch panel 133 to display a progress screen (not shown) showing the weighing progress of the prescription drug name in the prescription information.

In step 9, the control unit 131 writes dispensing information and weighing results (an example of weighed medicine information) to the RFID tag 22 of the manual medicine container by using the RFID reader/writer 134 . Dispensing information includes the date of issuance of a prescription, etc., patient ID, patient name, patient date of birth, drug information (drug code, drug name, dose, dosage form information, such as oral medicine such as tablets and powders, external medicine such as ointment, etc.) ”), usage information (three times a day after each meal, etc.), and other information recorded in the prescription. The weighing results also include the name of the medicine to be weighed, the target value of weighing, the actual weighing value, the result of checking the name of the prescribed medicine and the name of the contained medicine, and the like. In addition, when the prescription drug name included in the prescription information is replaced with the generic drug name and weighed, information to that effect is also included in the weighing result.

In step 9, the control unit 131 may cause the RFID tag 22 to record only part of the prescription information. For example, if an RFID tag 22 with a small storage capacity is used, it is not possible to record all information such as prescription information and weighing results. Therefore, in this case, the control unit 131 may cause the RFID tag 22 to store at least the drug name to be weighed. In this case, the drug weighing device 3 and the main unit 2 are communicably connected via a communication network such as a LAN or the Internet, and the control unit 131 transmits information that is not recorded on the RFID tag 22 to the main unit 2. can be considered. Main unit 2 receives and stores the transmitted information in a control device (not shown).

In addition, in a configuration in which the drug weighing device 3 and the main device 2 are connected by a communication network, simple fixed information (information identification number, etc.) stored in the drug weighing device 3 in association with prescription information and weighing results. may be recorded in the RFID tag 22 . In this case, when the fixed information is read by the main unit 2, the main unit 2 requests the drug weighing device 3 to transmit the prescription information corresponding to the fixed information and the weighing result. As a result, the medicine weighing device 3 transmits the prescription information and the weighing result corresponding to the fixed information to the main unit 2 via the communication network. Main unit 2 receives and stores the transmitted information in a control device (not shown).

It should be noted that the processing procedures of steps 8 and 9 may be executed in reverse order or may be executed substantially in parallel. That is, the recording of the prescription information and the weighing result to the RFID tag 22 in step 9 may be performed immediately after it is determined in step 7 that the weighing is completed.

After that, in step 10, the control unit 131 determines whether or not the bar code reader 32 has read the next stored drug name. Here, when the control unit 131 determines that the next stored drug name has been read (YES side of step 10 ), the process proceeds to step 4 . On the other hand, the control unit 131 causes the process to proceed to step 11 when the next stored drug name is not read (NO side of step 10).

In step 11, the control unit 131 determines whether or not all the weighing corresponding to the prescription information has been completed. Specifically, when a completion key (not shown) is operated, or when weighing of all drugs to be weighed included in the prescription information is completed, it is determined that all weighings related to the prescription information have been completed. .

Then, when the control unit 131 determines that the weighing of the prescription information has been completed (YES in step 11), the process proceeds to step 12. On the other hand, the control unit 131 shifts the process to step 10 when the weighing of the prescription information is not completed (NO side of step 11).

By the way, when a completion key (not shown) is operated, if there is a prescription drug name that has not been weighed among the prescription drug names included in the prescription information, there is a possibility that the pharmacist has forgotten to weigh the drug. Therefore, when the control unit 131 determines that the completion key (not shown) has been operated in step 11, the name of the prescribed medicine included in the prescription information for which the completion of weighing has been input by the operation of the completion key If there is a prescription drug name for which weighing completion has not been input by the enter key, it is conceivable to display that fact on the touch panel 133 . As a result, the pharmacist can be warned of forgetting to weigh. Note that the control unit 131 determines whether or not the weighing of each prescription drug name has been completed according to the information stored in the data storage unit 135 (RAM) in step 7 . Here, the control unit 131 when executing such display processing corresponds to incomplete display means. Further, the control unit 131 may display characters, images, sounds, or light.

Then, when the weighing related to the information such as prescription is completed, in the following step 12, the control section 131 causes the printer 140 to print the information such as the prescription and the weighing results. Specifically, the patient name, the name of the drug to be weighed, the target value of weighing, the actual weighed value in the drug weighing device 3, the name of the prescribed drug, and the name of the contained drug included in the prescription information read in step 1 are , the weighing time, the weighing operator, and the like are printed. That is, the control unit 131 causes the printer 140 to print only the record regarding the medicine weighed by the medicine weighing device 3 .

On the other hand, in step 4, if the stored drug name read in step 3 does not correspond to any of the prescribed drug names (NO side of step 4), the control unit 131 proceeds to step 13 and indicates that the drug is different. A warning screen (not shown) is displayed on the touch panel 133, and the process returns to step 3. As a result, the pharmacist can be warned that the selection of the medicine bottle is wrong, and prescription of the wrong medicine can be prevented.

As described above, the pharmacist using the medicine weighing device 3 can accurately and easily weigh the medicine according to the prescription by causing the barcode reader 32 to sequentially read the two-dimensional code of the prescription and the barcode of the medicine bottle. It can be carried out.

In particular, when the pharmacist causes the bar code reader 32 to read the bar code of the drug bottle, the drug weighing device 3 checks the name of the stored drug and the name of the prescription drug, and the prescription drug to be weighed which is about to start weighing. first name is selected. Therefore, when a plurality of prescription drug names are recorded in the prescription, the pharmacist can save the trouble of selecting the prescription drug name to be weighed.

By the above steps, the "medicine weighing operation" is completed. Following this, the “medicine packaging work” will be performed.
In this embodiment, when the "drug weighing work" is completed, the pharmacist manually attaches the loading side lid member 121 to the drug loading portion 21a of the manual drug container 5a.
Then, the manual drug container 5a is moved to the main unit 2 by the pharmacist, and the door member 111 provided on the housing 40 of the drug shelf area 100 shown in FIG. Figure 3).
After that, the main unit 2 automatically performs the packaging operation. That is, the body-side information reading means (door portion) 113 such as an RFID reader provided inside the door member 111 reads the information on the preparation written in the RFID tag 22 of the manual medicine container 5a.
Then, according to the information read by the main body side information reading means (door section) 113, the mounting destination of the manual drug container 5a is automatically determined. In this embodiment, since two distribution plates 7a, 7b are provided, it is determined which distribution plate 7a, 7b is used. Further, in this embodiment, since three container shaking tables 11 are provided near each of the distribution plates 7a and 7b, it is determined on which container shaking table 11 the manual drug container 5a is to be mounted.

Then, the manual medicine container 5a is placed on one of the determined container shaking tables 11 by the robot 110 . That is, the robot 110 holding the manual drug container 5a directly faces the container shaking table 11 without facing the container storage device 103, and installs the manual drug container 5a in the container storage device 103. FIG.
The distribution trays 7a and 7b to be used may be selected depending on the properties such as the color of the medicine.
When the manual medicine container 5a is placed on the container shaking table 11, the information on the preparation written in the RFID tag 22 of the manual medicine container 5a is also read there. That is, in this embodiment, the RFID reader 16 is provided in the vicinity of the container shaking table 11, and the RFID reader 16 on the container shaking table 11 side also reads the information on the dispensing.
The powder is then divided according to the pharmacy information. That is, one of the distribution plates 7a and 7b rotates, and at the same time the container shaking table 11 is vibrated. As a result, the manual medicine container 5a on the container shaking table 11 vibrates, and the powdered medicine inside slowly moves toward the medicine discharging part 20a, and finally drops from the medicine discharging part 20a onto the distribution tray 7. FIG. That is, in this embodiment, the powdered medicine is dropped directly from the manual medicine container 5a onto the distribution tray 7 without going through a trough as in the conventional case.
Then, when all the powdered medicine has finished dropping, the distribution plate 7 stops rotating. After that, according to the dispensation information, the powdered medicine in the distribution tray 7 is divided into a predetermined number, the medicine is scraped out by the scraping device 8, put into the medicine packaging device 6, and individually packaged. Predetermined characters are printed on the packaging bag.

Further, in this embodiment, when all the medicines in the distribution trays 7a and 7b have been discharged, the groove cleaning operation is performed. That is, the scraping arm 46 of the scraping device 8 shown in FIG. 14 is swung to raise the tip side, thereby extracting the scraping mechanism 47 from the distribution trays 7a and 7b.
Subsequently, the cleaning arm 50 of the cleaning device 43 is rotated to lower the cleaning brush 51 provided at the tip thereof, and the cleaning brush 51 is inserted into the drug feeding grooves 45 of the distribution plates 7a and 7b.
Then, while rotating the cleaning brush 51, the distribution plates 7a and 7b are rotated.
As a result, the residue of the drug remaining in the drug feeding grooves 45 of the distribution plates 7a and 7b is scraped off by the cleaning brush 51, and the soaring residue is sucked by the suction means. In this way, the inside of the medicine feeding groove 45 is cleaned.
When the groove cleaning operation is completed, the cleaning arm 50 is rotated to raise the cleaning brush 51 provided at the tip thereof, and the cleaning brush 51 is pulled out from the drug feeding groove 45 of the distribution plates 7a and 7b.

After that, the raking portion cleaning operation is performed.
That is, the turntable 48 built under the table is rotated to rotate the entire scraping device 8 to move the scraping mechanism 47 of the scraping device 8 to the vicinity of the cleaning device 43 . Then, the cleaning arm 50 of the cleaning device 43 is slightly inclined, the cleaning brush 51 is pressed against the scraping mechanism 47, and the cleaning brush 51 is rotated. As a result, the residual drug sticking to the scraping mechanism 47 is scraped off by the cleaning brush 51 and enters the brush cover. Then, the residue inside the brush cover is sucked by the suction means. As a result, the scraping mechanism 47 is cleaned.

Since the main unit used in this embodiment does not have the trough 210 unlike the conventional one, it is not necessary to clean the trough 210 .

In the embodiment described above, the main unit 2 has the container storage device 103 (FIG. 2) in which the accommodating type drug container 4 is installed. The main unit 2 also includes a robot 110 . However, the container storage device 103 and the robot 110 are not essential, and the main device 170 shown in FIG. 24 may not have them. Further, in the main unit 2 described above, the RFID reader 16 as the main unit side information reading means is attached to each container shaking table 11, but the RFID reader 16 does not necessarily need to be provided on all of them. It suffices that an RFID reader is provided at any part of the main unit 2 or an RFID reader is connected to the housing of the main unit 2 . Alternatively, the RFID reader 16 may be provided only on one container shaking table 11 .
The main unit 170 shown in FIG. 24 is a main unit 170 of a type that does not have the medicine shelf area 100 or the robot 110, and other configurations are the same as those of the main unit 2 described above, so detailed description thereof will be omitted. .

Since the main unit 170 shown in FIG. 24 does not have the drug shelf area 100 and the robot 110, the pharmacist places the manual drug container 5a on the container shaking table 11 while holding the manual drug container 5a by hand.
Which distribution trays 7a and 7b are to be used and which container shaking table 11 is to be used are displayed on a touch panel (not shown) provided on the main unit 170. FIG. That is, the dispensing information is read into the main unit 170 by the RFID reader 16, and the dispensing information is displayed on the touch panel 106 provided in the main unit 2. You will be instructed whether to place it. The pharmacist places the manual drug container 5a on the container shaking table 11 instructed according to the display.

As described above, the manually operated drug container 5a with the loading side cover member 121 has been disclosed as an example of the manually operated drug container. This manual medicine container 5a does not spill the medicine inside even if it is transported in a vertical position, so it is suitable for a configuration in which the robot 110 is used to move the manual medicine container 5a.
However, when the drug container is manually moved as in the main unit 170 shown in FIG. 24, the loading side cover member 121 is not required, and a manual drug container 5b as shown in FIG. 20, for example, can be adopted. can also The manually operated drug container 5b is a container having a boat-shaped or gutter-shaped shape as shown in FIG. The manual drug container 5b has a bottom and has a drug reservoir 9 in which drugs are temporarily stored. A rectifying member 17 is provided inside the manual medicine container 5b.
That is, the manually operated drug container 5b has a drug discharge portion 20b that opens laterally with respect to the posture placed on the container shaking table 11 as a reference. The opening on the upper surface side functions as a medicine charging portion 21b.
An RFID tag 22 as an information recording member is attached to the outer surface of the manual drug container 5b. An iron plate 23b is attached to the bottom of the manual drug container 5b.

When the main device 170 and the manual drug container 5b are used in combination, the operator (pharmacist) directly holds the manual drug container 5b by hand and moves the manual drug container 5b, thereby dispensing the manual drug. The container 5 b is placed on the container shaking table 11 .
After that, when the pharmacist's prescription inspection and predetermined additional instructions are completed and the pharmacist operates the touch panel 106 to input a confirmation signal, the above-described packaging operation is started.

FIG. 21 shows a modification of the manual drug container.
That is, the manual drug container 5c shown in FIG. 21 has a large opening (medicine charging portion) 150 on the upper surface of the peripheral wall of the container body 25c, and the opening 150 is provided with a large lid 151. As shown in FIG. In the drug container 5c, the large lid 151 can be opened to put the drug inside.
Also, the shape of the top surface when the large lid 151 is turned upside down is made to match the shape of the bottom surface of the container main body 5c. When the large lid 151 is turned over, the bottom side is larger than the top surface, so when the large lid 151 is turned over and placed on a desk, the large lid 151 maintains a stable posture.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 22, by removing the large lid 151, turning it over, and laying it on the container body 25c, it can be used as a base for the container body 25c.

As described above, the drug may be weighed on a sheet or the like on the balance table 30, and then the drug may be transferred from the sheet to the manual drug container. Manual drug container 5c shown in FIG. 21 employs this method. Recommended if
Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 23, a funnel-shaped member 355 may be mounted on the lid member 120 side to transfer the drug.

As described above, the drug delivery device 1 of this embodiment also has a function of fully automatic packaging using the storage type drug container 4 .
Fully automatic packaging will be described below.
Fully automatic packaging is performed using the contained drug container 4 . As described above, the storage type drug container 4 is filled with a specific drug in advance and stored in the container storage device 103 in the drug shelf area 100 .
The container shaking table 11 employed in this embodiment has a weight measuring means 56 for directly or indirectly measuring the weight of the contained drug container 4 . Further, the main unit 2 employed in the present embodiment described above includes a container storage device 103 . Therefore, the main unit 2 described above has a function of automatically selecting the storage type drug container 4 containing the drug in accordance with the prescription and automatically weighing the drug within the main unit 2 .
This function is exhibited using the contained drug container 4 . In the main unit 2 of the present embodiment, a predetermined drug is stored in the storage type drug container 4 in advance, and the storage type drug container 4 filled with the drug is stored in the container storage device 103 .
Then, the drum member 105 of the container storage device 103 is rotated to bring the desired drug container 4 closer to the robot 110 . Then, the robot 110 holds the drug container 4 and places the drug container 4 on the container shaking table 11 by operating an arm or the like.
When a plurality of medicines are blended and enclosed in one package, a plurality of containment-type medicine containers 4 are installed on the container shaking table 11 .

Then, the container shaking table 11 is vibrated. As a result, the powdered medicine in the storage type drug container 4 moves slowly, is discharged from the storage type drug container 4, and falls onto the distribution trays 7a and 7b.
In addition, the distribution plates 7a and 7b are rotated before and after the start of vibration. Before and after the start of vibration, the weight of the contained drug container 4 is measured. During this time, the weight of the contained drug container 4 is monitored, and the vibration of the container shaking table 11 is stopped when the total falling amount of the powdered drug reaches the desired weight.
That is, the weight measuring means 56 measures the original weight of the contained medicine container 4 before discharging the medicine, and the weight measuring means 56 measures the weight of the contained medicine when discharging the powdered medicine from the containing medicine container 4 little by little. Monitor the weight of container 4 . When the current weight of the container 4 matches or substantially matches the original weight minus the target discharge amount, discharge of the powdered medicine from the container 4 is stopped.

After that, the rotation of the distribution plates 7a and 7b is stopped and division is performed.
This function (fully automatic packing) is very convenient, but not essential. That is, the weight measuring means 56 is not essential. This is because the total amount of medicine to be distributed to the distribution trays 7a and 7b is weighed in advance by the medicine weighing device 3, so there is no need to stop the distribution operation halfway. Therefore, it is sufficient to confirm whether or not the medicine has been discharged by an optical sensor or the like, and it is sufficient to detect that all the medicine has been discharged from the manual medicine container 5 .
That is, the weight measuring means 56, the container storage device 103, the robot 110, etc. provided in the container shaking table 11 are not essential to the present invention.
Further, in the present embodiment, both the door member 111 and the container shaking table 11 are provided with main body side information reading means, but either one may be provided.

1 Drug Dispensing Device 2, 170 Main Device 3 Drug Weighing Devices 5a, 5b Manual Drug Container 6 Drug Packaging Device 11 Container Shaking Table 13 Printing Means 18 Powdered Drug Dispensing Device 20 Drug Dispensing Portion 21 Drug Inserting Portion 22 RFID Tag 24 Barcode 30 Balance table 113 Main body side information reading means (door part)
133 touch panel 134 RFID reader/writer

Claims (6)

A main unit having a container shaking table, a powder medicine dispensing device, and a container storage device, a drug weighing device located at a position separated from the main unit and having stored drug information reading means, prescription information reading means, and a control section, and a main body A method of operating a drug dispensing device comprising a manual drug container containing a drug other than that stored in a container storage device of the device, comprising:
when the stored drug read by the stored drug information reading means corresponds to any of the prescribed drugs read by the prescription information reading means, the control unit selects the prescribed drug as an object to be weighed,
the drug weighing device weighs the prescription drug selected for weighing ;
Manually put the weighed prescription drug into the manual drug container,
Manually moving the manual medicine container to the main unit , placing the manual medicine container on the container shaking table by the main unit ,
A method of operating a drug dispensing device in which a manual drug container is vibrated on a container vibrating table to dispense prescription drug from the manual drug container into a powdered drug dispenser . The drug dispensing device further comprises a drug container temporary placement unit provided in the main unit and a robot for moving the manual drug container,
After manually moving the manual drug container to the main unit, the manual drug container is manually attached to the temporary drug container placement section,
2. The operating method of the medicine dispensing device according to claim 1, comprising placing the container on the container shaking table by a robot. The drug dispensing device further has an information recording member rewritable in the manual drug container, and main body side information reading means in the main device,
The prescription information recorded on the information recording member is read by the main body side information reading means,
3. The method of operating a medicine dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising sending the prescription information to the main unit in association with the manual medicine container. The drug dispensing device further has container confirmation means for recognizing the manual drug container in the main unit,
When weighing the medicine by the medicine weighing device, the container confirmation means reads information identifying the manual medicine container,
Transmitting information in which the prescription information and the information identifying the manual drug container are associated from the drug weighing device,
The main device receives the associated information, and the container confirmation means individually identifies the manual drug container,
4. A method of operating a drug dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising dividing and packaging the prescribed drug according to the prescription information associated with the manually operated drug container . A main unit having a container shaking table, a powdered medicine dispensing device, and a container storage device , a medicine weighing device remote from the main unit and having stored medicine information reading means and a control unit , and a container storage device of the main unit A drug discharge method for a drug dispensing device comprising a manual drug container that stores drugs other than those stored in
Receiving a prescription drug by a drug weighing device;
when the stored drug read by the stored drug information reading means corresponds to any of the received prescribed drugs, the control unit selects the prescribed drug as an object to be weighed,
the drug weighing device weighs the prescription drug selected for weighing ;
Manually put the weighed prescription drug into the manual drug container,
Manually moving the manual medicine container to the main unit , placing the manual medicine container on the container shaking table by the main unit ,
A method of operating a drug dispensing device in which a manual drug container is vibrated on a container vibrating table to dispense prescription drug from the manual drug container into a powdered drug dispenser . 6. The method of operating a drug dispensing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising the step of receiving the prescribed drug from a receipt computer in which the prescribed drug has been input by the drug weighing device .

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